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flutter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flap, flapping, fluttering |
| Type of | undulation, wave |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | commotion, disruption, disturbance, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do |
| Type of | disorder |
| Has types | earthquake, garboil, incident, convulsion, uproar, splash, stir, storm, storm center, storm centre, tempest, tumultuousness, tumult, turmoil, upheaval |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flicker, flitter, quiver, waver |
| Type of | move back and forth |
| Derivation | fluttering |
flutter::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia |
Examples of flutter
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A few small bats drop from the rocks, flutter about and find new resting places.
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I felt a nervous flutter at finally seeing him, but my tension was not romantic.
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After a flurry of hints and a flutter of hopes, the end seemed imminent at last.
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When you see a really good looking man, you no longer get that tell-tale flutter.
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More than 1,200 butterflies flutter freely within this all-weather environment.
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The children float on their backs with their eyes closed and flutter their hands.
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Derivatives careless of whence derived flutter up and drop, from reality-shock.
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Red banners with a white circle flutter in the wind on Berlin's Friedrichstrasse.
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In the living area, dozens of glazed ceramic lily plates flutter across a wall.
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- Flit: move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"
- Waver: the act of moving back and forth
- Abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block
- Flicker: move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"
- Disturbance: a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused"
- Flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements; "The seagulls fluttered overhead"
- Aeroelasticity is the science which studies the interactions among inertial, elastic, and aerodynamic forces. ...
- Flutter is a 2006 anime-style animated short by Howie Shia, co-produced by PPF House and the National Film Board of Canada.
- In the field of electronics and communication, flutter is the rapid variation of signal parameters, such as amplitude, phase, and frequency. ...
